Calgary Openings, Closings, and Developments

[aaronck]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Will definitely be trying Crumbl, what with being a cookie lover and the store being in Airdrie. Will probably be really busy this weekend though, need to wait for the hype to die down a bit.

I had a vendor bring some from Edmonton, she said she was in line for only an hour which was short apparently. I don't get the hype at all, I remember Cookies by George being better back in the day- and not $5+ per cookie.

[Esoteric]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I hope not, damn bigot company.

Great chicken sando though

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by aaronck

I had a vendor bring some from Edmonton, she said she was in line for only an hour which was short apparently. I don't get the hype at all, I remember Cookies by George being better back in the day- and not $5+ per cookie.

Buckshot's Chocolate Chippery FTW.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Calgary14

Chipotle and Crumbl Cookies are coming here: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...o-calgary-area

I'd like to call out the news media for the right wing rags they are.

They feel the need to make a comment that low taxes are a draw for businesses in Alberta.

Crumbl's CEO is Albertan by birth, and Calgary is the closest major Canadian city to their Utah headquarters, in some ways it would be weird for them to pick a different place to launch.

And Chipotle is already launched in Ontario / BC. Unless you want to dip your toe into language culture wars with your branding and signage, then Alberta is the next place any company would launch in Canada, are we really bragging that obnoxiously low corporate taxes to the point that we can't balance our budget unless oil is overpriced is the reason we beat out Winnipeg and St Johns for getting a burrito bar in Calgary?

Low Alberta taxes are a draw
Seeing two prominent U.S.-based food chains make their first attempts at breaking into Alberta came as no surprise to Mark von Schellwitz, Restaurants Canada’s vice-president of Western Canada.

“Alberta’s actually one of the usual places that U.S. chains expanding to Canada go into first because it’s probably got the most competitive tax and regulatory environment that’s the most similar to what they’re dealing with in the states that they’re operating in,” said von Schellwitz.

“So, not surprised at all,” he said, adding the province’s lack of a provincial sales tax, eight per cent corporate tax rate — the lowest of all Canadian provinces — and low liquor prices make it an appealing place for chains to settle operations.

[photon]

I haven't had a good frosted sugar cookie in forever, might have to find some excuse to go to Airdrie.

[tvp2003]

I remember when Cookies by George first opened in Chinook, IIRC they used to weigh them individually on the scale and were sold according to weight.

Paying ~$0.75 for a single cookie seemed expensive at the time but they were oh, so good.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Their Americanos. You can taste where the espressos went wrong. You’re right about their lattes though, I can’t remember tasting anything but milk, and even the sweet notes if the steamed milk didn’t come through. Big coffee chains have seemed to have given up on barista training.

Americanos? Americanos? Americanos?

"Hey this 'expreso' thing is too strong, can you put some ketchup on it?" - Americans in Italy.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by #-3

I'd like to call out the news media for the right wing rags they are.

They feel the need to make a comment that low taxes are a draw for businesses in Alberta.

Crumbl's CEO is Albertan by birth, and Calgary is the closest major Canadian city to their Utah headquarters, in some ways it would be weird for them to pick a different place to launch.

And Chipotle is already launched in Ontario / BC. Unless you want to dip your toe into language culture wars with your branding and signage, then Alberta is the next place any company would launch in Canada, are we really bragging that obnoxiously low corporate taxes to the point that we can't balance our budget unless oil is overpriced is the reason we beat out Winnipeg and St Johns for getting a burrito bar in Calgary?

lol til the ch is right-wing.

[OutOfTheCube]

I did try Crumbl last night, was at the dollar store in the same parking lot and figured I'd mosey over. There was no line-up. While the cookies are overpriced, they are excellent. Not the type of thing you grab a dozen of to take to a party or whatever, more of a special treat like a Crave cupcake or what have you. I'll be back.

[Calgary14]

Gold's Gym opening soon near the new Costco in the SW

[photon]

I was going through Airdrie and so I also tried Crumbl. A few people in line. The cookies were really big and really good, worth checking out if you happen to be near by.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Calgary14

Gold's Gym opening soon near the new Costco in the SW

You can't trust a gym with that many vowels in the name.

[Faust]

Bricks Wine in Inglewood is closing for good and they are selling off the remaining inventory at significant price reductions. They are open today and closed on Sunday and Monday and will be back open for the liquidation sale on Tuesday.

[getbak]

The former Carl's Jr/Arby's just east of Barlow on 32nd Ave is being converted into a Chipotle.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Faust

Bricks Wine in Inglewood is closing for good and they are selling off the remaining inventory at significant price reductions. They are open today and closed on Sunday and Monday and will be back open for the liquidation sale on Tuesday.

Most accurate liquidation sale ever.

[Hack&Lube]

Looks like Sunterra's lease in the TransCanada building ended and its boarded up!

[Julio]

From the Sunterra website:


TC Energy - Permanently Closed

+15 level, 450 1 Street S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 5H1
Phone: (403) 262-8240

[Hack&Lube]

We're not going to see that kind of 2000's kitsch again with the faux cobblestones and Las Vegas type fake stucco buildings and windows and that pseudo-Tuscan rustic look.

Everything will look like their new Sunterra market in Bankers Hall. Cold, marble, utilitarian, efficient.

[browna]

Any commercial real estaters know what's going on with the old Zellers/Walmart in Deer Valley?

Some sort of activity (semi-demo?) started a few weeks ago.

[Jiggy_12]

Originally Posted by browna

Any commercial real estaters know what's going on with the old Zellers/Walmart in Deer Valley?

Some sort of activity (semi-demo?) started a few weeks ago.

No clue but it had better be a return of Dick’s Collectables